how to restart node application automatically on aws elastic-beanstalk

Question

I have googled this question for a while but can\'t find the answer. My question is while deploying the nodejs application on aws elastic-beanstalk servers, I want the nodejs ap

Answer 1

I've confirmed (as of Mar 11, 2015) that EB does indeed restart node for you.

To confirm, I added a hidden query param to my app:

if (req.query.testcrash == 'true') {
    setTimeout(function(){
        undefined.crashMe();
    }, 100);
}

Then verified in the log that the exception happened, and that my app was restarted.

For reference:

• My EB/EC2 config is "64bit Amazon Linux 2014.09 v1.0.9 running Node.js"
• Using nginx and node 0.10.31